Recyclables piling up around Licking County

9:06 PM,
Jan. 5, 2013

A lone Licking County Recycling employee is tasked with removing the recycling bins amidst a mountain of strewn-about cardboard and other items, some not even recyclable, on Friday at the drop-off center on Deo Drive in Newark. Several drop-off sites exist around the county often are overfilled.

Written by

Jacob Kanclerz
Advocate Reporter

Some Licking County recycling drop-off centers are starting to look more like trash dumps, as cardboard and other materials - including non-recyclables - continue to pile up at multiple locations.

Overflowing recycling bins have been reported at drop-off centers at Cherry Valley and Reddington Road, Flory Park on West Church Street and Deo Drive in front of Kroger and Tractor Supply Co., as well as some others across the county.

"We still have recycling in the truck," said Kathi Brooks, of Newark, after trying to recycle at the Deo Drive location. "I can't add to that." ...